A Bill to make provision for the annual approval by the House of Commons of maximum numbers in respect of immigration and asylum; to provide that asylum may only be granted to individuals identified as refugees by the UN Refugee Agency, other than in specified circumstances; and for connected purposes.
House of Commons
12 February 2025
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The bill would require the House of Commons to approve each year’s maximum numbers for immigration and asylum. It also proposes that asylum can only be granted to people identified as refugees by the UN Refugee Agency, with some specified exceptions, and sets out related rules for how these caps would work.
The bill has completed its first Commons reading and is now at the second reading stage in the Commons; it has not yet progressed to committee or to the Lords.
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22 May 2024
The dissolution of Parliament took place on Thursday 30 May 2024. All business in the House of Commons and House of Lords has come to an end and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
